eps steering rack.... delvin into the deep!

[britlude]

hmmm grease available in usa, unavailable here on a quick Lings search...... anyhoo....

started reassembly, bearing fitted in brush housing, commutator fitted, lock nut tightened and staked!

IMG_20190309_140830 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

a quick spin still showed one of the brushes wasn't happy and still rattled, so a piece of fine sandpaper on the commutator and with the brush springs on, the brushes were trued to the comm again....

IMG_20190309_140516 by jon sutherland, on Flickr




the sound IS on!!!! motor is now silent, smiley face!!!

new bearing in to support the end of the ball screw....

IMG_20190309_164056 by jon sutherland, on Flickr


and the ballscrew yoke bushes refitted and centre popped to 'stake' it in....

2019-03-09_05-08-29 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

royal purple grade 2 available here..https://www.rivalmotorsport.co.uk/ro...ormance-grease

i was waiting on a reply re. grease and passenger side bush from a local steering rack specialist, alas on hearing it's electric, they seem to have had some sort of breakdown and doesn't want to help..... the bits i'm asking about are common on all racks!!!! and ignored the grease query!

(have the forum rules changed??? this post has 4 pics, a vid and a smiley, AND still posted....... i thought there was a 4 pic/item limit????) anyway, as you were!!

[UnhuZ]

Hi,

man... you amaze me... now i can send you mine when the time comes...
you are officially the EPS dude in Europe !!!

Thanks,
Nuno

[Silver Surfer]

Hi,

man... you amaze me... now i can send you mine when the time comes...
you are officially the EPS dude in Europe !!!

Thanks,
Nuno

Jonathan doesn't tend to do work for club members routinely....you just have to follow the steps he has outlined.

SS

[britlude]

i'm just putting my findings out there! if it works when i'm finished, that's a bonus! lol

i just like to add to the pool of knowledge. i could have just sent it to the US, or Japan, for rebuild, but where's the fun in that????


back on track, royal purple grease has been ordered...... and the motor powered up to check it works and bed in the bearings a bit.

they are shiny new and tight, so i powered it up and gave it a half hour run in, not that its ever going to be running in one direction for anything like that time, it means the bearing grease can be worked a bit... gave it a run in the reverse direction too, the loads reducing sufficiently for the current required, at a fixed voltage, to drop by a third!

[UnhuZ]

Hi,

i was joking.... obviously that i cannot impose on someone to work
(but i can beg LOOOOL)

but although i could do this work myself, but sourcing all the parts because i
don't have tools to do parts myself, i prefer to have someone do this for me...
i'm affraid i could do something wrong and compromise the whole rack.

But yes Jonathan, it's here for future reference, and i follow every thread of
yours very religiously

Thanks,
Nuno